diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a0134abf..9b86920c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ task syncWithRepo(dependsOn: 'classes', type: JavaExec) {
     main = 'com.entagen.jenkins.Main'
     classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
     // pass through specified system properties to the call to main
-    ['help', 'jenkinsUrl', 'jenkinsUser', 'jenkinsPassword', 'gitUrl', 'templateJobPrefix', 'templateBranchName', 'branchNameRegex', 'nestedView', 'printConfig', 'dryRun', 'startOnCreate', 'noViews', 'noDelete'].each {
+    ['help', 'jenkinsUrl', 'jenkinsUser', 'jenkinsPassword', 'gitUrl', 'templateJobPrefix', 'templateBranchName', 'branchNameRegex', 'nestedView', 'viewRegex', 'printConfig', 'dryRun', 'startOnCreate', 'noViews', 'noDelete'].each {
         if (System.getProperty(it)) systemProperty it, System.getProperty(it)
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/Main.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/Main.groovy
index 69c0c38c..50a99a4f 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/Main.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/Main.groovy
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class Main {
             d: [longOpt: 'dry-run', required: false, args: 0, argName: 'dryRun', description:  "Dry run, don't actually modify, create, or delete any jobs, just print out what would happen - gradle flag: -DdryRun=true"],
             s: [longOpt: 'start-on-create', required: false, args: 0, argName: 'startOnCreate', description:  "When creating a new job, start it at once."],
             v: [longOpt: 'no-views', required: false, args: 0, argName: 'noViews', description: "Suppress view creation - gradle flag -DnoViews=true"],
-            r: [longOpt: 'view-regex', required: false, args: 1, argName: 'viewRegex', description: "Supply a custom regex to be applied to any generated views, overriding the default template regex."],
+            r: [longOpt: 'view-regex', required: false, args: 1, argName: 'viewRegex', description: "Supply a custom regex to be applied to any generated views, overriding the default template regex - gradle flag: -DviewRegex=<regex>"],
             k: [longOpt: 'no-delete', required: false, args: 0, argName: 'noDelete', description: "Do not delete (keep) branches and views - gradle flag -DnoDelete=true"],
             f: [longOpt: 'filter-branch-names', required: false, args:  1, argName:  'branchNameRegex', description: "Only branches matching the regex will be accepted - gradle flag: -DbranchNameRegex=<regex>"],
             usr: [longOpt: 'jenkins-user',  required: false, args: 1, argName: 'jenkinsUser', description: "Jenkins username - gradle flag -DjenkinsUser=<jenkinsUser>"],